Classic Fresh - upcoming changes concerns

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@Thebigbeanis-arugal-935057

-Meeting Stones will be converted to Summoning Stones.
I’m on the fence about this. While convenient (there’s that word), it does sort of make Warlocks less useful. One of the primary attributes of Warlocks besides their big DPS/fear was their summoning spell. Summoning required a soul shard and three people effectively cast the spell. With Summoning Stones Warlocks will be less desired in Raids, and I’m willing to bet that Warlocks will be only brought for the Garr fight for their banish spell, which will be unhealthy. However, time will tell and maybe Warlocks will be as popular as they were in Classic/TBC?

It has pros and cons for warlocks, first of all they don’t need to carry 200 soul shards to summon their raid, but it also makes it so they’re not just taxis.

@Thebigbeanis-arugal-935057

-Levelling will be on par with TBC in terms of EXP rates.
I’m also a bit concerned about the EXP rates being a bit higher compared to Classic, levelling will be a bit easier and as such, there may be no need for Elite quests. I barely reached 60 in Classic with my Warrior without Elite quests, now I’m able to skip most of the group quests and level in TBC Classic without touching a dungeon. The need for interaction between players to defeat a common enemy/goal is diminished and the community will be less connected.

I don’t like easier leveling either for similar reasons that you listed.

@Thebigbeanis-arugal-935057

-Will boosting be nerfed, and the bot question.
Boosting, we all love it. I am not talking about the boost that Blizzard has provided in TBC but instead I’m talking about paying a mage to boost a lower level in a dungeon. It has become a controversial topic regardless, but I feel like I’m in the minority of people who 100% despise boosting. I haven’t seen a single thing about mage powerboosting in the Fresh announcement and it worries me. Classic had sorta died for me later on (especially during Phase 4/5, AQ/Naxx) since nobody was ever levelling in the Old World and instead was paying to be levelled by a mage. I do not know what other realms are like but Arugal-Oceania LFG chat is nothing but spam with people advertising SP boosts and I see less and less people advertising for normal dungeons between 60-70 as everyone else is getting boosted. Boosting no matter what form-paying Blizzard, a mage or otherwise kills levelling. Levelling is such a big part of the game for me and the reason why I continue to play Classic besides Battlegrounds with my higher level characters. With nobody doing questing, the world has felt desolate and automated; a reason why I stopped playing retail in the first place. My only request for this is to nerf dungeon EXP with higher levels in the group, same goes for TBC aswell. Another thing aswell-more moderation on Bots. Bots have jacked up the economy in my realm so much to the point where some epic BoP items have reached 15,000 gold. I am not kidding, it’s that ridiculous. If bots aren’t dealt with accordingly in Fresh, expect Edgemasters and black lotus for for 30,000 and 800 gold each respectively.

They said that they’re “looking into solutions” for this but I wouldn’t hold my breath.